Attorney General
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1976-77 #316
No executive session under legal matters exemption to discuss advertising contract bid and negotiations. No executive session under real estate exemption to discuss debt owed on property already acquired.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1976-77 #309
FOIA applies to the General Assembly and its clerks. The telephone recrods of General Assembly members are not exempt as working papers.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #576
Complaints filed with the county human rights commission and/or tenant-landlord commission are public records. FOIA provisions trump conflicting city ordinances.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #305
Scholastic record exemption still allows access to the students parents if the student is under 18, and to the parents and the student if he/she is 18 or older.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #406
University of Virginia advisory committee made up of faculty and administrative personnel not subject to FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #412
Three-member board of supervisors subject to FOIA. Three-member committee may hold closed meeting to discuss acquisition of building to house county offices.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #415
Working papers exemption applies to county administrator, but not to the board of supervisors.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #284
Police departments must maintain arrest and investigative records until such time that the Library of Virginia determines they have no lasting value.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #417
FOIA violation for going into executive session without a motion, and for reconvening, having transacted public business, without a motion. Election held in improper executive session may be set aside by court action. Acts of entity with an improperly elected official as a member are valid until the official is notified of the legal defect…
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #412A
Notes made by an official at the Division of Personnel on a federal government report about the operations and policies of the division are official records.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #408
outdated statutory rules applied to boards of visitors meetings.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #411
Late-night gathering of six council members with county manager, commonwealth attorney and select others to discuss police scandal was a meeting for purposes of FOIA.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #071
FOIA does not apply to inspection of bid records; another Code provisions regulates this area.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #414
conciliation agreements entered into by all parties in a complaint with the Human Rights Commission are official records subject to disclosure.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #410
Mere distribution of a letter during executive session without discussion does not violate FOIA, though the letter itself is an official record subject to disclosure upon request.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #223
Other Code provisions prohibit release of information to parents of minors tested for venereal and other contagious diseases.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1975-76 #418
Arrest warrant information is open for public inspection, provided such records are actually maintained by the sheriff’s office.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #343
Student suspension hearing may be closed to public.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #581
School-by-school results of scholastic achievement tests are open records.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #569
Person seeking enforcement of FOIA provisions carries burden of proof. Plaintiff must submit affidavit in support of petition for injunction
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #069
A copy of the county clerk of court’s report on fees, commission and salaries is an official record subject to public inspection.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #568
General budget discussions must be public. Public vote required before adjourning to closed meeting.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #583
Sheriff’s jail books open for public inspection.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1974-75 #582
Body cannot discuss general budget and general public employee salary levels in closed session.